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(Fail Whale Hat via Geeks are Sexy.)
by Robert Quigley | 9:23 am, July 16th
Before Twitter existed to pique our dreams, before the Fail Whale surfaced to break our hearts, there was the Fail Elephant. Australian designer Yiying Lu devised the ancestor to Twitter’s current uh-oh indicator way back in 2002: Originally titled “Lifting a Dreamer,” it was meant to be “a visual greeting” to the overseas friends of a designer who was constantly on the go. Lu tells LTL Prints that the pictures symbolized “this giant wish [to see her friends and family] that is so heavy (the elephant), and the birds represented my free spirit and good wishes.”
How, then, did it morph from elephant to whale? It involved a pun:
Read on...by Robert Quigley | 10:29 am, July 12th
Yup, that sounds about right.
Click to see Robert Cadena’s Cthulhu/Twitter homage fully sized.
(via Super Punch)
Read on...by Susana Polo | 5:00 pm, July 4th
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Read on...by Robert Quigley | 9:35 am, June 23rd
We’ve seen 2D Fail Whale cakes before, but this confection by cake designer Mariana Pugliese takes the cake is very impressive. Twitter’s iconic (and increasingly more frequent) aquatic messenger for error alerts is a lot less annoying when he’s being lifted by candied birds from a sea of aqua frosting. Om nom nom.
More pics:
Read on...by Robert Quigley | 6:24 pm, June 14th
Earlier today, Steve Dennis posted a remarkable picture of the Twitter “Fail Whale” rendered entirely in CSS, which appears fully animated if you view it in the WebKit-equipped Safari and Chrome browsers. Now, the iPhone uses Safari, and so it stands to reason that it should be able to handle the CSS animation, right? Well: Sorta.
In the video below, taken by our web dev Scott (and his battle-scarred, jailbroken iPhone) you’ll see how the iPhone ‘animates’ the CSS fail whale, but does so oddly and clunkily.
Read on...
Eric Limer
I'm trying to come up with a control scheme where I can use my xbox 360 controller for leisurely web surfing. It's....interesting.
James Plafke
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Max
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James Plafke
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Eric Limer
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Max
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Eric Limer
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Max
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Eric Limer
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Max
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Eric Limer
Suddenly I remember what I hate about PC gaming. Mainly never having a computer that can actually do it.
James Plafke
The halftime show taught me that football-watching men drinking beer who love seeing muscular men beat each other up really like to vogue.
Max
Pestering your friends at 8am is how you show you care, right? #hopeso
Eric Limer
Twitter is like RiffTrax for EVERYTHING.
James Plafke
I know global warming is scary, but not having a winter was pretty cool. I didn't have to spend money on shoes for the snow.
Eric Limer
I hereby apologize to all persons --past, present and future-- who have the misfortune of hearing me "sing" dubstep songs.
Max
Even Facebook's Timeline thinks I could have done more with my life.
Max
I did that thing where Facebook turns your Timeline into a movie. Mine had pictures of ducks and foliage set to really dramatic music.
Max
"But I don't wanna go to the dog show!"
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